… Surgery classically has been performed via open … invasive surgery (MIS), a few reports
of lumbar synovial cysts … open surgery (OS) for the treatment of lumbar synovial cysts so far, …

… surgery. METHODS A total of 141 consecutive patients treated for synovial cysts of the lumbar
spine … Medical reports with regard to signs and symptoms, operative findings, complications…

… surgery of juxtafacet lumbar synovial cysts. Here we summarize our preliminary 16-year
experience … The algorithm for managing spinal synovial cysts at the Mayo Clinic is systematized (…

… Surgical treatment of synovial cysts usually consists of excision through a hemilaminectomy
(usually partial). Some degree of facetectomy and fusion are optional. The choice of …

… were first described in the literature in the late 1960s, with case reports depicting
intraspinal, extradural ganglion cysts adjacent to the lumbar facet joint. Here, we refer to the …

… The objective of this study was to evaluate lumbar spine synovial cyst recurrence rates of …
A total of 214 patients with surgical treatment of spinal synovial cysts were identified at our …

… to require additional fusion surgery. The results from the present review lend credence to
the argument that synovial cyst herniation might be a manifestation of an unstable spinal level. …

… The symptomatic lumbosacral synovial cyst treatment algorithm has not been fully demonstrated.
Invasive or surgical treatment options may be appropriate for patients with intractable …

… In addition, surgical resection of Z-joint synovial cysts with degenerative spondylolisthesis
often requires subsequent arthrodesis to correct postoperative segmental hypermobility 13, 14…

… undergone surgical treatment with either decompression and fusion or decompression
alone for LSC were retrospectively reviewed, with no significant difference in clinical outcomes. …